In his weekly chat, NFL.com senior analyst Pat Kirwan addressed a number of questions about what different teams might do when the free agency period gets started after the lockout ends. Kirwan said to expect things to happen almost immediately, because teams will already have spend significant time talking to agents.

If you’re looking for a fantasy sleeper at the quarterback position heading into the 2011 season, look no further than Tim Tebow.

Could this be the week? All signs point to a labor agreement being announced at some point in the next few days – fingers crossed. And when it happens, be sure to come to NFL.com and tune into NFL Network for round-the-clock coverage of everything you need to know to get ready for the start of training camp and the preseason.

Happy 32nd birthday, Deion Branch. In tribute to the coast-to-coast wideout (Patriots/Seahawks/Patriots), here’s a look at the exclusive club to which he belongs, one that has gotten a bit larger in recent years. Yes, the NFL is a quarterback-driven league. But you also need someone to catch the football. The last eight Super Bowl MVPs have come from the offensive side of the ball. While five have been quarterbacks, there have also been three wide receivers to earn the game’s top honor over that span. Compare that to the first 37 Super Bowls, when a wideout was named MVP only three times. What’s interesting about all six of these receivers’ Super Bowl performances was that, when it was all said [...]

This week’s Cover Two Podcast features Tim Tebow, Tony Romo, Charles Barkley.

Handicapping the market for Reggie Bush, NFL Network’s Jason La Canfora would be “surprised” if Bush’s next home isn’t in Philadelphia, St. Louis or Miami.

Cleveland Browns TE Ben Watson poses for a portrait while visiting the NFL Network studios on Tuesday.

Well, the news of the day in Ravens-land is that fullback Le’Ron McClain wants to get more carries in 2011, whether it’s with Baltimore or some other team. Um, okay.

So we’ve been hanging out all week in Lake Tahoe at the celebrity golf tournament that’s chock full of NFL players. And we’ve spoken to guys like Tim Tebow and Aaron Rodgers and Tony Romo. But it can’t be a legitimate celebrity golf tournament without the inimitable Charles Barkley.

One of the major storylines of the locked-out offseason has been where Kevin Kolb will land when the lockout finally ends, and in the four months of non-activity the Eagles’ backup quarterback has ascended to the status of an elixir for the handful of teams still needing a starter.

Offensive points per game is an important category, one that most fans don’t see. The statistic is the oldest, simplest way of determining the productivity of an offense. Who cares about total yards if an offense consistently sputters in the red zone?

Is it time to start rooting for a new team? The fellas get to the bottom of this James Harrison business by getting the story straight from Men’s Journal writer Paul Solotaroff who opens up about his recent story about the Steelers’ enigmatic linebacker.

Steelers LB James Harrison left no doubt about how he feels about Roger Goodell during a recent magazine interview, saying that he wouldn’t (urinate) on the commissioner if he was on fire. But was this all premeditated like a wrestling angle?

In the aftermath of James Harrison’s verbal tsunami in a magazine article, which included criticism of teammates Rashard Mendenhall and Ben Roethlisberger, both players have given Harrison a pass. Warren Sapp hasn’t, and said he’s bothered by Harrison calling out his own quarterback.

None of the four NFC West teams ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in yards per attempt last season, and the division as a whole fared even worse in offensive points per game.